CATCH REDHANDED

разг. застать кого-л. на месте преступления, поймать с поличным The policeman followed the thieves until they actually picked up the jewellery, when he caught them red-handed. — Полицейский следовал за ворами до тех пор, пока они не забрали драгоценности, и тогда он поймал их с поличным.

{v. phr.} /To apprehend a person during the act of committing an illicit or criminal act./ * /Al was caught red-handed at the local store when he was trying to walk out with a new camera he had not paid for./

{v. phr.} /To apprehend a person during the act of committing an illicit or criminal act./ * /Al was caught red-handed at the local store when he was trying to walk out with a new camera he had not paid for./

спіймати (схопити) на місці злочину, спіймати в момент вчинення злочину, спіймати на гарячому (злочинця тощо)

застать кого-л. на месте преступления, поймать с поличным